Hi dallas dude,
Yes I totally agree with you that his name is indeed dirt and I'd well imagine not just in the US. And the very powerful airline unions, whether it's the pilots or the F/A's or the machinists, I think it's safe to say they'll try and educate everybody as to what this guy is like.
But I'll wager there's still a section of potential airline employees who don't know the facts of this guy and before you know it he could have his start up full of eager young pilots anxious to get a foothold.
Imagine if he had been allowed his planned start up in '94? Lorenzo is smart, he knows how to make money at any cost, he flies only good routes and offers to them to the public for peanuts. We could have been in the position where he had made enough money to have a go himself at buying TWA.
Imagine that, another noble airline under Lorenzo's claws.